Subj : Re: Hello Slackers!
To   : Andrew Leary
From : Dan Clough
Date : Mon May 19 2025 08:34:30

-=> Andrew Leary wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 DC> Well, going on three years now since the last post here.  Not sure why
 DC> this echo doesn't get any attention.  I know there are other Slackers
 DC> still out there.  Let's hear something from ya!

 AL> I'm running Slackware 15.0 on my main BBS system.  I have updated it
 AL> several times with security patches that came out after 15.0 was
 AL> released.

Yep always a good idea to keep up with the security updates.  I 
certainly do that too with my remaining Slackware systems.

 AL> I also have a Devuan Linux 5/daedalus system running that I use for
 AL> testing MBSE BBS with Debian derived distributions.  I chose Devuan
 AL> because it is one of the few Debian type distributions that doesn't
 AL> force using systemd.

I also generally try to avoid systemd.  About a year ago I've started 
using "MX Linux" as my daily driver OS.  It's derived from MEPIS/AntiX 
and was (the last time I looked) the "leading" Linux distro on 
Distrowatch.com.  I know that doesn't mean a whole lot...  But it is 
very nice, with some nice "tools" to make some tasks easier, and it's 
Debian-based so you get the apt stuff, but no systemd.  I've really come 
to like it a lot.

 DC> I'm thinking 15.1 can't be more than 6 months away now...  ;-)

 AL> We can certainly hope...

And unfortunately that's about all we CAN do.  Getting any actual "news" 
is just not gonna happen.  I've always thought Patrick could/should do 
better with "marketing" his product, but I guess he doesn't care much 
about that side of things.  As I said in a post yesterday, my BBS is 
running on -current at the moment, as it's newer hardware and X will not 
run on it with 15.0.  Kernel support for the video hardware, I'm pretty 
sure, and of course it could be overcome with a newer custom-compiled 
kernel.  While I used to do that all the time, it's been years and I 
just don't want to remember how to mess with that any more.  I don't 
update it because it's quite likely something will break as a result, so 
I'm hoping to use 15.1 eventually and get on a normal security/update 
schedule again.

Somebody tell Patrick we're getting impatient...  ;-)



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